What Newbarns Brewery does

Newbarns Brewery is a craft brewery headquartered in Leith, Edinburgh, operating from a taproom at 13 Jane Street. It produces and sells canned beer across a broad style range including lagers (Super Gold, Lite, Pilsner, Lothian Lager), IPAs (Leia, Away Double IPA), stouts and porters (Stout, Double Porter, Plain Dark Beer, Barrel Aged Plain Dark Beer), brown ales, a wheat beer and a low-alcohol pale ale (Nae 0.5%). The brewery differentiates through heritage and locally-sourced ingredients — notably Golden Promise and Bere barley, and 100% East Lothian-grown barley for Lothian Lager — together with a barrel-aging programme using ex-whisky casks from Daftmill Distillery in Fife.

The business operates a multi-channel go-to-market. Direct-to-consumer revenue is generated through a Shopify-powered online store shipping UK-wide with free delivery on orders above £50, supplemented by walk-in sales at the Edinburgh taproom and ticketed 'Cheeky Film Screenings' events. A B2B wholesale channel runs through the Brew.com trade portal and a trade enquiry form, targeting pubs, restaurants and retailers. Pricing is per-can (typically £3.30-£5.75 for a 440ml can), with mixed cases at £35 (12-pack) and £70 (24-pack), and merchandise including branded glassware, tote bags and caps.

The product range is supported by strategic collaborations — notably with Swedish brewery Omnipollo on a dark mild series (Karl's Mild), and with Rivington Brewing Co on the Away Double IPA — alongside the Daftmill barrel-aging tie-up. The company is privately held with 1-10 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, and no reported revenue; ownership and management team details are not publicly disclosed in the input data.

Name

Newbarns Brewery

Website

https://newbarnsbrewery.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Newbarns Brewery is a craft brewery in Edinburgh's Leith district that produces and sells heritage-barley-focused canned beers direct-to-consumer via Shopify, through its Jane Street taproom, and to UK wholesale trade via a Brew.com portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Beer

NAICS

Breweries (31212), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA), Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF)

Keywords

• Craft beer brewing
• Canned lagers
• Heritage barley beers
• Craft brewery merchandise
• Wholesale beer distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct Product Sales: Direct-to-consumer sales of canned beers, mixed cases, and merchandise through their Shopify e-commerce platform. Products include lagers, IPAs, stouts, porters, and specialty beers. Free shipping on orders over £50.
2. Wholesale/Trade: B2B sales to pubs, restaurants, and retailers through their trade portal and trade enquiry system.
3. Event Tickets: Revenue from film screening events at the taproom, featuring classic and indie films with beer pairings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Newbarns Brewery is a craft brewery based in Leith, Edinburgh that produces and sells canned beers—including lagers, IPAs, stouts, porters, brown ales, wheat beer, pale ales and a low-alcohol pale ale—together with mixed case bundles, branded merchandise (glassware, tote bags, caps), and ticketed community events (Cheeky Film Screenings). The brewery distributes direct-to-consumer via a Shopify storefront with UK-wide shipping and through a physical taproom, and supplies wholesale to hospitality accounts via the Brew.com trade portal.

Product overview

Newbarns Brewery is an Edinburgh-based craft brewery operating as a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business powered by Shopify. Their core product portfolio consists of canned beers across multiple styles: lagers (Super Gold Oat Lager at 4.8%, Lite at 3.4%, Pilsner at 4.8%, Lothian Lager at 5%), IPAs (Leia IPA at 5.5%, Away Double IPA at 8%), stouts/porters (Stout at 5%, Double Porter at 7%, Plain Dark Beer at 11%, Barrel Aged Plain Dark Beer at 11%), brown ales (Karl's Mild at 5.3%, Champion Brown Ale at 5.2%), wheat beers (Weiss Bier at 5%), pale ales (Pale Ale at 4.8%, Table Beer Mosaic at 3%, Nae low-alcohol at 0.5%). They offer mixed case bundles (12-pack and 24-pack), branded merchandise (glassware, tote bags, caps), and operate a taproom at 13 Jane Street, Edinburgh. The company also hosts Cheeky Film Screenings events. Notable collaborations include Omnipollo (Karl's Mild) and Rivington Brewing Co (Away Double IPA).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Super Gold (Oat Lager) Premium lager at 4.8% ABV in 440ml cans, hopped with UK Challenger and Admiral hops and fermented with a house lager yeast; marketed as vegan-friendly and brewed as a flagship core-range lager.
• Karl's Mild – Omnipollo Collab Dark mild beer at 5.3% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed in collaboration with Swedish craft brewery Omnipollo; features a roasty profile balanced with sweetness.
• Lite Light lager at 3.4% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed with Golden Promise malt for a lighter-bodied but malt-forward, slightly sweet profile.
• Pilsner Beer German-style Pilsner at 4.2% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed with Golden Promise malt, a German lager strain and Callista hops; crisp, bready malt character balanced by hop bitterness. Contains barley and wheat.
• Leia IPA IPA at 5.5% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed with Bere barley and heavily hopped with Hallertau Blanc and Nelson Sauvin; positioned as vegan-friendly and gluten-free.
• Double Porter Double Porter at 7% ABV in 440ml cans, offering a roasty, toasty flavour profile from dark malts; marketed as vegan-friendly.
• Away Double IPA – Collab with Rivington Brewing Co West Coast-style Double IPA at 8% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed in collaboration with Rivington Brewing Co; hopped with Centennial, Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin; marketed vegan-friendly.
• Lothian Lager Helles lager at 5% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed with 100% East Lothian-grown barley—the first brewery to do so—producing a crisp, grassy and vibrant flavour profile with balanced hops.
• Champion Brown Ale Brown Ale at 5.2% ABV in 440ml cans with roasty character at moderate strength; marketed vegan-friendly.
• Barrel Aged Plain Dark Beer – Daftmill Edition Imperial Stout at 11% ABV in 330ml cans, aged in ex-whisky barrels from Daftmill Distillery; vegan-friendly with characteristic cask influence balancing the high ABV.
• Pale Ale (Citra, El Dorado, Cashmere) Pale Ale at 4.8% ABV in 440ml cans, brewed with Golden Promise malt and hopped with Citra, El Dorado and Cashmere; fermented with neutral ale yeast. Contains barley.
• Weiss Bier Weiss Bier at 5% ABV in 440ml cans, marketed as a refreshing wheat beer.
• Plain Dark Beer Strong Export Stout at 11% ABV in 330ml cans, brewed with Munich, dark crystal, extra dark crystal, chocolate malt and roasted barley; flavours of fruity dark chocolate with a bitter, toasty Victorian export stout finish.
• Stout Beer Dry Stout at 5.0% ABV in 440ml cans, positioned as a more sessionable complement to higher-ABV stout offerings.
• Table Beer: Mosaic Lower-strength Pale Ale at 3% ABV in 440ml cans, hopped with Mosaic; intended as a sessionable "table beer." Contains barley and wheat.
• Nae (0.5%) Low-alcohol pale ale at 0.5% ABV in 330ml cans, liberally hopped with Mosaic and El Dorado to deliver pale ale flavour with minimal alcohol.
• Mixed 12 Case Curated mixed case containing 12 different Newbarns beers (12 × 440ml cans), priced at £35.00; allows consumers to sample across styles.
• Mixed 24 Case – All Beers Comprehensive mixed case of 24 Newbarns beers drawn from all currently in-stock varieties, priced at £70.00.
• Newbarns Lowen Pint Glass Branded pint glass featuring the Newbarns Lowen design, sold at £5.00.
• Newbarns Tote Bag 10oz natural canvas tote bag with navy Newbarns logo print, sold at £5.00.
• Newbarns Cap Embroidered Newbarns logo on a 100% cotton hat, available in navy (sold out) and white (£20.00).
• Newbarns Tote Black Bag 10oz black canvas tote bag with white Newbarns logo print, sold at £5.00.
• Pierrot Le Fou (1965) – Cheeky Film Screening Ticket Event ticket for the on-site screening of Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot Le Fou at 13 Jane Street on 30.06.26 at 7pm; £5.00.
• River of Grass (1994) – Cheeky Film Screening Ticket Event ticket for the on-site screening of Kelly Reichardt's 1994 debut film River of Grass at 13 Jane Street on 07.07.26 at 7pm; £5.00.
• Bottle Rocket (1996) – Cheeky Film Screening Ticket Event ticket for the on-site screening of Wes Anderson's 1996 debut film Bottle Rocket at 13 Jane Street on 21.07.26 at 7pm; £5.00.
• La Chimera (2024) – Cheeky Film Screening Ticket Event ticket for the on-site screening of Alice Rohrwacher's 2024 film La Chimera at 13 Jane Street on 28.07.26 at 7pm; £5.00.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OmnipollocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Swedish craft brewery Omnipollo on their dark mild series. Fourth installment 'Karl's Mild' named after Newbarns' Karl, following previous collaboration 'Gordon's Comfort Mild' brewed at Omnipollos Kyrka. Mutual collaboration where both breweries name beers after each other's team members.
• Rivington Brewing CocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on their first ever Double IPA (Away Double IPA). Rivington team invited up from Home Farm to collaborate on brewing. West coast style DIPA blending classic and modern hops (Centennial, Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin).
• Daftmill DistilleryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSourcing ex-whisky barrels from Daftmill Distillery in Fife for aging their Barrel Aged Plain Dark Beer. The Daftmill Edition features characteristic cask influence balancing the high ABV of the beer.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Northern Monk: Leeds-based independent craft brewery with a similar cans-led, multi-style range and strong DTC e-commerce plus taproom model. Closely comparable in operating model though materially larger.
• Brick Brewery: London-based independent craft brewery operating a cans-led DTC and on-trade model at comparable scale. Useful benchmark for Newbarns' UK urban craft positioning.
• Bellfield Brewery: Edinburgh-based independent craft brewery producing a comparable range of sessionable and traditional-style beers with UK-wide distribution. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and product positioning.
• Campervan Brewery: Edinburgh/Leith-based small craft brewery with a comparable profile: independent, locally-rooted, cans-focused range sold DTC and through wholesale. Operates in the same neighbourhood as Newbarns with overlapping customer base and distribution channels.
• Pilot Beer: Leith-based craft brewery operating at similar scale to Newbarns with a cans-focused range, on-site taproom, and UK DTC shipping. Direct competitor for the same Edinburgh craft drinker.
• Rivington Brewing Co: Northwest England independent craft brewery with a comparable cans-first, hop-forward portfolio. Direct comparable on product and channel mix, and an existing collaboration partner of Newbarns.
• Verdant Brewing: Independent UK craft brewery (Cornwall) with a comparable cans-led, hop-forward portfolio and active collaboration programme. Closely aligned on product philosophy, GTM (DTC + wholesale), and premium positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Innis & Gunn: Edinburgh-headquartered beer brand with national UK distribution and a wider portfolio including lagers, IPAs, and oak-aged specials. Overlaps with Newbarns on geography and product style but at materially greater scale and brand recognition.
• BrewDog: Scotland-based, multinational craft brewer with extensive taproom footprint, DTC, and global wholesale. Defines the upper bound of what an independent Scottish craft brewery can scale to and sets competitive benchmarks on price, distribution, and brand reach.

Regional players

• Stewart Brewing: Long-established Edinburgh-based craft brewery with broader Scottish distribution and a wider style range. Comparable geography and customer base, but at greater scale and longer operating history.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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